We stayed busy this December with many of our family’s
Christmas traditions. We started a
week after Thanksgiving by heading out to Bernin’s Tree Farm to cut down our
Christmas tree. We love Bernin’s
because it’s simply a tree farm – no extra visits with Santa, no petting zoos,
no hayrides; just a beautiful afternoon in the woods looking for the perfect
tree.
The following weekend we went to see the big guy,
Santa. Addie was so excited and
knew exactly what she and Max were going to ask for. Max fed off of Addie’s excitement until he got to the front
of the line. At that point he
wanted to be held, and when we started walking up to Santa he broke down. It was so funny watching it all from
the sidelines – Addie was just chatting it up with Santa, all while Max is
standing 5 feet away just screaming!
So long story short, this is the only picture we got of the two of them
with Santa, and it’s just Addie and Santa in the professional shot.
Addie had two holiday performances this year. The first was her holiday dance
recital. It was super cute! They did a tap dance, ballet, and
jazz. Here is a short video of her
dances:
Addie’s other performance was a Christmas concert at Nativity. There were readings of the Christmas story, piano performances, and each class sang 3 songs. It was really well done and made us even more grateful for being able to send Addie there this year. Here is the video I got of Addie’s class. (Sorry for the poor quality… it was quite crowded up front and this is the best view I could get!)
The last traditional activity we got in was our annual trip downtown to Macy's (Dayton’s) 8th floor display. This is something I have done every year of my life, and even though the theme hasn’t changed in 5 years, I still love bringing my kids downtown to see it!
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